Iran said Monday, the 13th day of a two-week ceasefire, that it still has no plans to participate in a new round of negotiations with the U.S. In a press conference on Monday morning, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, “So far, we have not made any decisions regarding the next round of negotiations,” […]
Foreign Affairs The Strait, Not the Nuclear Program, Is the Sticking Point With Iran Freedom of navigation is the real bone of contention. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Why is it so important for the U.S. to take and retain control of the Strait of Hormuz? No matter what else, why is this the only […]
The prospect of renewed talks between the United States and Iran remained uncertain as the two-week ceasefire in the Iran War entered its 12th day Sunday. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that U.S. delegates will arrive in Islamabad Monday for more negotiations, while calling Iran’s reclosure of the Strait of Hormuz “A […]
A week of battling with the pope and over AI-generated images depicting President Donald Trump has revealed tensions between two crucial socially conservative voting blocs ahead of the midterm elections. Republicans need strong turnout from evangelical Protestants and to get close to Trump’s support levels among Catholics in order to defend their narrow congressional majorities […]
A Senate vote this week to block certain arms sales to Israel may have been largely symbolic, but for many Democrats and foreign policy observers, it underscored something more consequential: a shift inside the Democratic Party that is beginning to test the long-standing bipartisan consensus on the Jewish state. More than three dozen Senate Democrats […]
I have spent years on the ground across the corridors that shape global power — Africa, the Middle East, and Asia — working not just with executives and policymakers, but with the truck drivers, the field operators, and the logistics crews who keep energy flowing to us. I have sat with regional leaders, spoken directly […]
Foreign Affairs Can King Trump Pull the Sword From the Hormuz? Whichever nation reopens the sea passage will prove itself a great power in the region. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) The intensity and apparent aims of America’s war with Iran have shifted quite a few times since the first day of shock […]
A two-week ceasefire in the Iran War entered its 11th day on Saturday, as Iran reasserted the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, after temporarily declaring the waterway “open.” After the announcement of a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would be “fully […]
French President Emmanuel Macron blamed Hezbollah for the killing of a French soldier and the wounding of three others in Lebanon on Saturday. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon announced that four of its peacekeepers had been shot by “non-state-actors” while clearing explosive ordnance along a road near the village of Ghanduriyah. The small […]
Politics A New Free Speech Case in Florida Raquel Pacheco, an Army National Guard veteran, alleges that officials in Miami Beach attempted to suppress her speech rights for criticizing Israel. (Photo by Hector Vivas – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a new lawsuit last month on behalf of the Miami […]
